The folks at Fourth Element today released their new collection of organic summer styles, made for divers and ocean lovers. For Fourth Element, this new Summer collection has an even greater focus on sustainability, one they see as more transient, that flows between seasons. Some favorites from previous years have been brought back including the…
The UK Carrier Strike Group’s 28-week maiden deployment will feature visits to India, Japan, South Korea and Singapore, the British defense ministry announced. The strike group, led by the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, will visit more than 40 countries and undertake more than 70 engagements, according to a press release issued by the…
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to be a president for all Americans – reaching across the aisle and tempering theprogressive left. But in his first three months in office, President Biden has been pushing through an ambitious agenda that expands the reach of government in many areas, so far without any Republican votes. The White House…
Eye contact plays a fundamental role in human communication and relationships. When we look into each other’s eyes, we show that we are paying attention to each other. However, we do not only look at each other but also at our four-legged companions. According to new research by Hungarian ethologists, at least four independent traits…
COVID-19 inequitably affects marginalized racial and ethnic populations across the world. A review of more than 17 million adult patients in the United Kingdom revealed a nearly twofold risk of death from COVID-19 among Black and Asian populations compared with white populations (1). Black people comprise 12.5% of the US population, yet they account for…
Associated Press (AP) — The Biden administration appears to be picking up where former President Donald Trump left off as the federal agency that oversees U.S. nuclear research and bomb-making has approved the first design phase for a multibillion-dollar project to manufacture key components for the nation’s nuclear arsenal.The National Nuclear Security Administration in a…
In a study published in March 2021 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of researchers at the University of South Australia found that people with high blood pressure, angina, and arrhythmia were more likely to drink less coffee, decaffeinated coffee or avoid coffee altogether compared to those without such symptoms, and that…
Want to make beer drinkers more conscious of climate change? Give them a foul-tasting brew and call it the future of America’s favorite fermented beverage. That’s what New Belgium Brewing Co.—maker of Fat Tire Amber Ale and Voodoo Ranger IPA—did last week with its release of Torched Earth, a limited-edition ale brewed from smoke-tainted water,…
In 2013, I took my first trip to Europe to see offshore wind turbines spin at the Anholt wind farm, nine miles off the coast of Denmark. The experience was just as jaw-dropping as my several visits to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, home to the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket that sent men to…
Wasps deserve to be just as highly valued as other insects, like bees, due to their roles as predators, pollinators, and more, according to a new review paper led by University College London and University of East Anglia researchers. The study, published in Biological Reviews, compiles evidence from over 500 academic papers to review how roughly…